Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 44 / Wednesday, March 5, 2008 / Notices 11863 

1We also received requests for an administrative 

review from Echjay Forgings Pvt., Ltd., and Hilton 

Metal Forging, Ltd. However, both of these 

companies subsequently withdrew their requests 

for review in a timely manner. Therefore, we 

rescinded the administrative review with respect to 

these companies. See Partial Rescission of 

Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: Certain 

Continued 

Any party having a substantial 

interest in these proceedings may 

request a public hearing on the matter. 

A written request for a hearing must be 

submitted to the Office of Performance 

Evaluation, Room 7009, Economic 

Development Administration, U.S. 

Department of Commerce, Washington, 

DC 20230, no later than ten (10) 

calendar days following publication of 

this notice. Please follow the procedures 

set forth in section 315.9 of EDA’s final 

rule (71 FR 56704) for procedures for 

requesting a public hearing. The Catalog 

of Federal Domestic Assistance official 

program number and title of the 

program under which these petitions are 

submitted is 11.313, Trade Adjustment 

Assistance. 

Dated: February 28, 2008. 

William P. Kittredge, 

Program Officer for TAA. 

[FR Doc. E8–4209 Filed 3–4–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–24–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

[Docket No. 990813222–0035–03] 

RIN 0625–AA55 

Office of Insular Affairs; Allocation of 

Duty-Exemptions for Calendar Year 

2008 Among Watch Producers Located 

in the United States Virgin Islands 

AGENCY: Import Administration, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce; Office of 

Insular Affairs, Department of the 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This action allocates calendar 

year 2008 duty exemptions for watch 

producers located in the Virgin Islands 

pursuant to Public Law 97–446, as 

amended by Public Law 103–465, 

Public Law 106–36 and Public Law 

108–429 (‘‘the Act’’). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Faye 

Robinson, (202) 482–3526. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to the Act, the Departments of the 

Interior and Commerce (the 

Departments) share responsibility for 

the allocation of duty exemptions 

among watch assembly firms in the 

United States insular possessions and 

the Northern Mariana Islands. In 

accordance with section 303.3(a) of the 

regulations (15 CFR 303.3(a)), the total 

quantity of duty-free insular watches 

and watch movements for calendar year 

2008 is 1,866,000 units for the Virgin 

Islands (65 FR 8048, February 17, 2000). 

The criteria for the calculation of 

calendar year 2008 duty-exemption 

allocations among insular watch 

producers are set forth in section 303.14 

of the regulations (15 CFR 303.14). 

The Departments have verified and 

adjusted the data submitted on 

application form ITA–334P by U.S. 

Virgin Islands producers and inspected 

their current operations in accordance 

with Section 303.5 of the regulations (15 

CFR 303.5). 

In calendar year 2007 the Virgin 

Islands watch assembly firms shipped 

243,070 watches and watch movements 

into the customs territory of the United 

States under the Act. The dollar amount 

of creditable corporate income taxes 

paid by Virgin Islands producers during 

calendar year 2007 plus the creditable 

wages paid by the industry during 

calendar year 2007 to residents of the 

territory was $2,043,408. 

There are no producers in Guam, 

American Samoa or the Northern 

Mariana Islands. 

The calendar year 2008 Virgin Islands 

annual allocations, based on the data 

verified by the Departments, are as 

follows: 

Name of firm Annual 

allocation 

Belair Quartz, Inc ...................... 500,000 

Hampden Watch Co., Inc ......... 200,000 

Tropex, Inc ................................ 200,000 

The balance of the units allocated to 

the Virgin Islands is available for new 

entrants into the program or producers 

who request a supplement to their 

allocation. 

Dated: February 28, 2008. 

Faye Robinson, 

Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff, 

Department of Commerce. 

Tom Bussanich, 

Acting Director, Office of Insular Affairs, 

Department of the Interior. 

[FR Doc. 08–939 Filed 3–4–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODES 3510–DC–M; 4310–93–M 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–533–809] 

Certain Forged Stainless Steel Flanges 

From India; Preliminary Results of 

Antidumping Duty Administrative 

Review and Intent to Rescind 

Administrative Review in Part 

AGENCY: Import Administration, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(the Department) is conducting an 

administrative review of the 

antidumping duty order on certain 

forged stainless steel flanges (stainless 

steel flanges) from India manufactured 

by Shree Ganesh Forgings, Ltd. (Shree 

Ganesh) and Nakshatra Enterprises Pvt., 

Ltd. (Nakshatra). The period of review 

(POR) covers February 1, 2006, through 

January 31, 2007. We preliminarily 

determine that Shree Ganesh sold 

subject merchandise in the United 

States at less than normal value (NV) 

during the POR. We also preliminarily 

determine that Nakshatra’s U.S. sales 

were not bona fide sales. Therefore, we 

intend to rescind the administrative 

review with respect to Nakshatra. We 

invite interested parties to comment on 

these preliminary results. Parties who 

submit written argument in these 

proceedings are requested to submit 

with the argument (1) a statement of the 

issues, and (2) a brief summary of the 

argument. 

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 5, 2008. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Fred 

Baker or Robert James, AD/CVD 

Operations, Office 7, Import 

Administration, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230; 

telephone: (202) 482–2924 or (202) 482–

0649, respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On February 9, 1994, the Department 

published the antidumping duty order 

on stainless steel flanges from India. See 

Amended Final Determination and 

Antidumping Duty Order; Certain 

Forged Stainless Steel Flanges from 

India, 59 FR 5994 (February 9, 1994) 

(Order). On February 2, 2007, the 

Department published the Notice of 

Opportunity to Request Administrative 

Review for this order covering the 

period February 1, 2006, through 

January 31, 2007. See Antidumping or 

Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or 

Suspended Investigation; Opportunity 

to Request Administrative Review, 72 

FR 5007 (February 2, 2007). On 

February 28, 2007, we received requests 

for an administrative review from 

Nakshatra and Shree Ganesh.1 On 


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